Glyosphere's 2014 Top Ten Glyos Toys #5

I've been counting down the last ten days of 2014 with reviews of my top ten Glyos action figures. This review covers my favorite of Onell Design's robotic toys, the Advanced Phaseon.

The Advanced Phaseon (center) and Advanced Phaseon Mk II (right) are made of one Phaseon (left) in combination with one Hub Set (not shown). This makes the total number of parts in an Advanced Phaseon kit thirty one. An Advanced Phaseon effectively has ten points of articulation. No, there's no knee or elbow joints but dispite this limitation what articulation the figure does have is surprisingly expressive. The simple addition of the Hub Set parts to the shoulders makes a world of difference. Phaseons can be upgraded further using Phase Arm sets.

The look of the Phaseon and it's ugrades is that of an old-school space robot. They remind me of Robby the Robot and other such robots of yesteryear. The iconic look carries through even to today. My wife calls the Phaseons "Benders" and the allusion to the Futurama character is apt. Advanced Phaseon Mk II probably looks more like IG88 from Star Wars with it's less cylindrical body. 

One of the best parts about the Phaseon is the versatility of the parts included. With their decidedly mechanical appearance, these toys work great for building weapons and vehicles for your other Glyos figures. 

Probably my favorite thing about the Advanced Phaseon is how it towers over Onell's other characters. It doesn't look out of place with them but still works great alongside larger scale figures. They work perfectly with lines like Power Lords and ROBO Force. They wouldn't even look out of place as some random droid in a Star Wars display. I would definitely recommend the Advanced Phaseon highly to any action figure collector who may be considering getting into Glyos figures for the first time. 

Glyosphere's 2014 Top Ten Glyos Toys #6

Alright, so I missed posting a review on Christmas. I hope I will be forgiven. I'm still shooting for ten reviews in ten days. The second review for today will cover Onell Design's Armorvor. 

The Armorvor is such an awesome little warrior. This anthropomorphic mechanoid pays homage to the old Battle Beasts much like the Rise of the Beasts figures I reviewed on Tuesday. An Armorvor has eighteen pieces. That includes two different heads. The first is the infamous wolf head that is soon to be retired. The second is the reversible helmet head. From the front, the helmet resembles the alternate wolf head. When reversed, the helmet appears completely different and looks like a bull's head to me. The ingenuity of this design must definitely be applauded. Once the wolf's head has been retired, another new one will replace it. I've been speculating that the new Armorvor head will be that of an organic bull or minotaur. I have no real evidence to support this and in actuality there are many different custom casted heads out there that are already sculpted specifically for the Armorvor. 

The Armorvor body has fourteen points of articulation. The angles on the joints in the arms allows for a great deal of poseability. There is not a whole lot of customizability built into the Armorvor itself but when coupled with other sets the results tend to be pretty astounding. I personally like their default look. The most I've done and kept is a few ROBOForce bits in the shoulders to bulk up the "Minovaurs". 

All in all, I highly recommend that if you don't own any Armorvors that you track them down in your favorite color schemes or just pick up one of the ones they have available in their store. 

Glyosphere's 2014 Top Ten Glyos Toys #10

Someone asked me recently what my top ten favorite Glyos figures were. So, I thought I'd try my hand at doing it in the form of reviews.  There are ten days left in the year and I'm going to try to do one a day. This review will cover Onell Design's Crayboth.

The Crayboth is a crazy little creature. The toy is made up of five parts which gives it four points of articulation. The body has a round shape that tapers to a point towards the bottom. There are grooves and ridges that give it a shell-like appearance. Unpainted, the face might be all but indistinguishable if not for the two little eye sockets. It's left arm ends with a bulky claw hand that has two fingers and an opposing thumb. The right arm ends with a cannon reminiscent of Mega Man. The Crayboth's little legs keep it standing upright with a pair of stout, two-toed feet. The overall look to this little alien is very crab-like but also vaguely insectoid.

The Crayboth has been released with many different color variations over the years. Many of them are one solid color and others have numerous paint applications.